Elon Musk's America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms.  We're Tracking It Daily  —  To follow Elon Musk's America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire's overall influence on November's elections.  —  Elon Musk's political operation is focused …

Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government  —  James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president's congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.  —  As President Trump crisscrossed the country …

The Context for Trump's ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles, San Diego Remarks  —  President Donald Trump's remarks about the possibility that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego have sparked a firestorm of criticism, with Democrats claiming the president was either calling for a foreign adversary …

Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads  —  A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward.  A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.

Susan Collins faces her biggest test yet  —  Loading...  In today's edition ... Republican money isn't going as far as expected ... I ask you about politicians who “bring home the bacon” ... but first ...  Collins faces her biggest test yet  —  Susan Collins is used to difficult reelection campaigns.

Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks  —  The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.

U.S. Escalates Pressure on Russia Over Siberia Lab Death  —  In démarche, State Department urges Moscow to carry out its international health reporting obligations  —  The U.S. has warned Moscow that its failure to disclose details about the death of a lab worker from a plague research center …

Exclusive: Paxton privately blames woes on Iran war, gas prices  —  Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately lamented the impact of the Iran war and gas prices on his campaign in a meeting last month, telling a group of donors and lobbyists, “I don't make the decisions,” according to audio obtained by Axios.

‘Head on a guillotine’: ABC says Trump's threats are already swaying coverage  —  ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday, but any possible reprieve is still likely weeks away.

Eva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102  —  A luminous beauty with dramatic depth, she brought a layered intensity to harrowing roles and seduced Cary Grant in the romantic thriller “North by Northwest.”  —  Eva Marie Saint, who won an Academy Award in 1955 …

Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf course into the new Camp David  —  The plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course.  —  SummaryLoading...  Much of President Donald Trump's second term has focused on changes to the nation's capital.

Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump's commerce secretary to seize voting machines  —  With Election Day less than a month away, anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines …

Inside Bessent's Treasury: Tension, Turnover and Unmet Economic Goals  —  Ahead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, secretary dresses down officials  —  WASHINGTON—Scott Bessent was fuming.  —  President Trump had just asked his Treasury secretary …

Christa Pike Regains Consciousness After Her Failed Execution  —  The death row inmate in Tennessee received two doses of a lethal injection drug last week, but lived.  She was taken from the execution chamber in an ambulance.  —  Christa Pike, who survived two doses of a lethal injection drug …

ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding state election data …

Alito calls same-sex marriage a ‘decisive’ turn ‘against religious liberty’ in new book  —  In a new book, the Supreme Court justice reflects on his “pet issue” of faith.  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the devout Catholic conservative who has long warned of animus against religion in America …

Fever should part with Sophie Cunningham.  She's too turbulent to be paired with Caitlin Clark  —  This season, Royce White showed up to an Indiana Fever game while wearing a long blond wig.  Enes Kanter Freedom, in a shirt that defined the word “Woman,” got into a yelling match with an opposing player at another Fever game.

It depends on who you ask: Trump and Vance offer slightly different takes on the economy  —  As Trump touts his economic record, Vance acknowledges Americans' concerns.  —  President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance participate in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb …

GOP senators warn that Trump has fumbled immigration issue  —  Republican senators say President Trump has fumbled the issue of immigration, something that was an advantage for GOP candidates in 2024 but is now a growing political liability for their party.  —  Several GOP senators told …

Ruben Gallego, weighing a presidential run, debuts a new economic plan  —  The Arizona Democrat said the ideas are meant to shape his party's agenda if Democrats retake the Senate in the midterms.  —  Loading...  Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) is rolling out a new economic plan meant …

The Iran war's latest price shock could be your heating bill  —  Americans could pay far more to heat their homes with oil this winter than last, a new analysis reviewed by Axios shows, as volatile energy markets and the Iran War deepen the affordability crisis.

Russia's Hybrid War Has Entered a Dangerous New Phase  —  And the West Has Done Far Too Little to Deter It  —  For the first few years of the war in Ukraine, Russia's hybrid warfare attacks in Europe remained just below the threshold that might trigger a collective response.

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